Pages

Monday, January 20, 2014

New address

Well, this week was pretty crazy!!! I'm still trying to figure out where I am and
who everybody is and what's going on exactly, but it has been a blast, and the
best part is we already had a baptism:) yup:)
her name is Isela, and she is from Peru,
and the funny part about it is, she
thought she was a member before since she got baptized in 1993. It turns out that she has no records or
anything, so on paper she never got baptized, and we talked to President and everything
and he said she needed to do it again.Elder
Ferrer said that it was a present for us, because she already knows everything
and it was super easy for her to pass the interview.

During the whole baptism service
(which was secret because she didn't want the ward to know she wasn't really a
member) I was thinking about why she had
to be baptized again, because obviously Heavenly Father knows everything and so
I wondered why this couldn't all be worked out up there, but then it hit me. Her sisters are inactive, and they were
there, and the
Spirit was so strong. I think that's the
reason Heavenly Father let this happen. I really think it was so that her
sisters would want to start coming back to the truth. It was really touching to
be able to watch her be baptized, and she afterwards gave her sisters a huge
hug and all three of them were bawling. It was super neat.

I know that this church is true, because
I can feel the Spirit, and because it is so strong. That's why I am here in Spain
for two years, with nothing except my scriptures and a suit.Ok, I have a bit more than that, but still…. I left a ton of stuff and people back home
that, ya, I miss them. but I am here now doing this work
for a purpose and yesterday during the baptism it really hit me again exactly
what that purpose was.

I love this gospel with all my
heart. Thank you all for your support. It really means a lot to me.